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PATRIMONIAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does patrimonial mean?

• PATRIMONIAL (adjective)
The adjective PATRIMONIAL has 1 sense:

1. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Familiarity information: PATRIMONIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PATRIMONIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Synonyms:

ancestral; patrimonial; hereditary; transmissible

Context examples:

ancestral home / ancestral lore / hereditary monarchy / patrimonial estate / transmissible tradition

Similar:

heritable; inheritable (that can be inherited)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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